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Examines atomic energy as a lens to 20th and 21st-century America. Atomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy-focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power-on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and technical impacts of atomic energy on the 20th and 21st centuries, with a look back to the origins of atomic theory. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Develop a background in the ...
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Examines atomic energy as a lens to 20th and 21st-century America. Atomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy-focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power-on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and technical impacts of atomic energy on the 20th and 21st centuries, with a look back to the origins of atomic theory. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Develop a background in the origins of atomic theory and atomic science View nuclear technologies within the historical context in which they were created and used Understand how atomic energy helped frame the second half of the 20th century, and how it continues to influence in the 21st
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